Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
THE BEGINNING
• The creation of Sofia University in 1888
marks the beginning of higher education in Bulgaria.
• Evlogy Georgiev, a prominent financier, and his brother Hristo Georgiev have donated 10 200 sq. m. of land and 6 800 000 golden levs for the creation of the University.
EVOLUTION
• Year by year Sofia University has developed into an important academic and scientific centre on the Balkans
• Today Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski is the largest and most prestigious educational and scientific centre in the country .
• The University offers BA, MA and PhD programmes, and conducts research in the field of the natural, social sciences and the humanities.
STRUCTURES
16 Faculties • HISTORY • PHILOSOPHY • SLAVIC STUDIES • CLASSICAL AND MODERN PHILOLOGY • LAW • EDUCATION • PRIMARY AND PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION • GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY • MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS • PHYSICS • CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY • BIOLOGY • ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION • THEOLOGY • MEDICINE • JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION
3 Departments • SPORTS • LANGUAGE LEARNING • INFORMATION AND TRAINING OF TEACHERS
University Botanic Garden in Balchik
https://www.uni-
sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/centres
• Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies Prof. Ivan Dujčev
• Centre for Eastern Languages and Studies
• Centre for Korean Studies
• Centre for Polar Research – annual Antarctic Expeditions
• EURAXESS Centre for researchers' mobility
• Confucius Institute in Sofia
• Centre for Advanced Studies of Patristic and Byzantine Legacy
• Approved Test Centre for the Oxford Test of English
• Centre for the Study of Religions
• French-German Centre for Applied Research in Economics and Management at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Prof Christo Pimpirev, Chairperson of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute
FIGURES 2014/2015 academic year:
Teaching Staff: 1720 persons
Administrative Staff: 1254 persons
23,000 students, including 1,350
international students (+ Erasmus & Basileus) 180 international agreements
with 70 countries all over the world
549 Erasmus agreements with more than 300 partner Universities
https://www.uni-
sofia.bg/index.php/eng/the_university/INTERNATIONAL_RELATIONS
Activities: Conclusion of Bilateral Agreements for
Cooperation with academic institutions worldwide
Erasmus + Agreements - IRO works closely
with the academic Erasmus coordinators of the Faculties
Consolidation of the existing and
establishment of new partnerships
Academic staff and students’ exchange
Organization of common international events – seminars, conferences with the partner universities
Dissemination of information for various
events (seminars, conferences, fairs) organized by the partner organizations.
Organization of official visits of foreign delegations
Organization of official ceremonies on awarding Bulgarian and foreign citizens for their great contribution to the science and the higher education with the Honorary Blue Ribbon Insignia and the title of Doctor Honoris Causa.
IRO team
Ms. Tatyana Tsaneva
Head, ERASMUS + Administrative Coordinator
Mr. Tsvetan Bogdanov
ERASMUS + Operative Coordinator
Incoming /Outgoing student mobility, bilateral agreements
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, UK, Ireland, Hungary, Netherlands,
Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Turkey, Croatia
Ms. Irena Atanasova & Ms. Svetlana Filcheva
Incoming /Outgoing teaching mobility
Ms. Mira Georgieva
Incoming /Outgoing student mobility, bilateral agreements
Belgium, France, Italy
Ms. Stanislava Stoyanova
Incoming /Outgoing student mobility, bilateral agreements
Austria, Germany, Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Ms. Jenny Ivanova
/Ms. Vessa Draganova/
Incoming /Outgoing student mobility,
bilateral agreements
Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, Spain
Ms. Oksana Mladenova
Bilateral Cooperation
Incoming /Outgoing mobility, agreements
ERASMUS/ERASMUS +
• The Erasmus Programme starts at SU St. Kliment Ohridski starts in 1999
• SU has been awarded the Erasmus Programme Implementation Prize in competition with the other Bulgarian Universities for the period from 2007 till 2014.
BG SOFIA06
Erasmus Mundus - Basileus Project
Implemented by a Consortium of
9 EU partner institutions:
• Ghent University, Belgium • Alexander Technological Educational
Institution of Thessaloniki, Greece • Lund University, Sweden • Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski,
Bulgaria • University of Deusto, Spain • University of Heidelberg, Germany • University of Ljubljana, Slovenia • University of Nice Sophia Antipolis,
France • University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
10 Western Balkan partner institutions:
• University of Novi Sad - Serbia • South East European University
Tetovo, Macedonia • Ss. Cyril and Methodius Skopje,
Macedonia • University of Belgrade, Serbia • University of Kragujevac, Serbia • University of Montenegro,
Montenegro • University of Prishtina, Kosovo • University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-
Herzegovina • University of Tirana, Albania • University St. Kliment Ohridski Bitola,
Macedonia
PROJECT DETAILS
Duration:
• Start date of Basileus IV: July 2012
• Start of the mobilities: September 2013
• Project end date: July 2016
For whom?
• Students and staff members of all partner universities, both from the Western Balkans countries and the EU can apply for scholarships; All types of mobility are given a chance: Bachelor, Master, PhD, postdoc and staff.
In which academic disciplines?
• There are no specific priorities. Each partner university has its own list of the programmes.
Erasmus Activities
Partner Countries
Coordinator: Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
Partners: 19 universities from 14 countries
Duration of the project: 2015/2016 academic year
Approved mobilities:
• BA, MA, Phd students – 82;
• staff mobility for teaching - 59 and training - 4;
Partner Countries
Partners involved: • Albania • Brazil • China • India • Indonesia • Israel • Kazakhstan • Korea • Mexico • Nepal • Serbia • Ukraine • USA • Vietnam
Благодаря!
Visit us:
www.uni-sofia.bg
Top Related